J.P. Morgan has suspended its stock focus list because next week it’s changing the way it makes picks and is altering the rating system.

But its press release announcing the move listed two dozen stocks now on the list and added: “No conclusion should be drawn about the analysts’ view on the individual stocks listed below” – although issues on the list being suspended “still represent those stocks that the analyst believes will deliver absolute outperformance over the next six months.”

So, if no conclusion can be drawn, why is J.P. Morgan drawing a conclusion? I’m glad things are being simplified.

The WEEK’S WINNERS & LOSERS

Winners

Bonnie Fuller, editor of US magazine, makes a big splash at Fashion Week with a special daily mag.

John Mack, CEO of CS First Boston, gets the co-CEO gig at its parent company, the huge Credit Suisse Group.

Plum Sykes, Vogue contributing editor and It girl, is circulating a new novel that is expected to land her a six-figure advance.